Sanitary drinking spout and bottle cap



R. E. SIMONS.

SANITARY DRINKING STOUT AND BOTTLE CAP Dec. 6, 1938.

Filed Feb. 8, 1938 fiay/rza lmfi 811 /70/23 v ATTO RN EYS Patented Dec. 6, 1938 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE SANITARY DRINKING SPOUT AND BOTTLE CAP Raymond E. Simons, Fairview, Caseyville Township, St. Clair County, 111.

Application February 8, 1938, Serial No. 189,393

3 Claims. (Cl. 215-73) This invention relates to a sanitary drinking line of perforations 20 in the spout extending in Spout and bottle cap and has for an object to alignment with the tab to permit easily tearing provide an integral spout and cap which may be off of the tab. The tab is flexible and may be readily withdrawn out of the neck of the bottle swung downwardly out of the way when the spout to provide a drinking spout which is sanitary in is to be used, the beginning of such swinging use and does not come into contact with any movement being shown in Figure 3. A finger part of the bottle which has been subjected to hold 2| is formed in the outer surface of the cap the touch of human hands in handling the bottle. to permit the cap being readily removed from the A further object is to provide a device of this bottle neck to form a grip for withdrawing the character which will be inexpensive to manuspout l4 outwardly until the bead I5 lodges 10 facture, which will maintain the contents of the against the stop shoulder l3 in which position of bottle leak-proof until used, which will be strong the parts the spout may be conveniently used for and durable and which will not easily get out of drinking from bottles Such as milk bottles, p p order. bottles and other beverage bottles.

With the above and other objects in view the It is understood that the spout, cap and lip may 15 invention consists of certain novel details of conbe formed from a sin blank o material and the struction and combinations of parts hereinafter Staple 8 e t fully described and claimed, it being under tood From the above description it is thought that that various modifications may be resorted to the construction and operation of the invention ithi th scope f the appended laims without will be fully understood without further explana- 20 departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the tion.

advantages of the invention. What is claimed is:

In the accompanying drawing forming part of 1. The combination-with a bottle neck having a this specification, bead provided with a seat and provided with a Figure 1 is a longitudinal sectional View through Stop shoulder on the inner wall below the seat, of 25 a bottle neck showing a sanitary drinking spout a Sp it cylindrical spout, a bead on the bottom of and bottle cap constructed in accordance with the the ut engageable h a d p Id r to invention, in applied position in the neck, limit withdrawal of said spout from the neck, and

Figure 2 is a longitudinal sectional view of a a p hinged to the free end of the Spout and bottle neck and showing the spout and cap withp ed o S at n a d Seat in the bott e oo t 30 drawn from the neck to permit consumption of S a the bottle. the contents f th b ttle 2. The combination with a bottle neck having Figure 3 is a longitudinal sectional view of the a ad pr v d d w h a an s and p d d drinking spout and cap taken on the line 33 of w e n t on th inner urface with a Figure 2. stop shoulder, of a split cylindrical spout slidably 35 Figure 4 is a, plan view of th drinking spout mounted in said neck and limited in outward and cap, movement from the neck by engagement with Referring now to the drawing in which like sa st p s u d a t b on t pp r d of th characters of reference designate similar parts in Spout, d a p on e e e d f the tab, Said the various views, l0 designates a bottle neck t b permitting the cap being roc away from 40 having a bead ll provided with a seat l2 and the spout when the spout is withdrawn to be used having a stop shoulder I3 provided on the inner in drinking from the bottle. Wall of the neck below the bead. 3. The combination with a bottle neck, of a The drinking spout I4 is preferably formed of split cylindrical spout slidable longitudinally in paper in the form of a split cylinder having a the bottle neck, a tab p jecting fro the pp 4.) rolled bead l5 at the bottom, the edges 16 of the edge of the spout, the spout being weakened in split being substantially close together at the prolongation o a t t permit e b being bead and flaring upwardly from the bead to the bent away from the spout when the spout is withextreme upper edge I6 of the spout. drawn to be used when drinking from the bottle, A cap I! also formed of paper is secured by and a sealing cap for the bottle neck carried by 50 stapling as shown at 18 to a tab l9 which projects said tab, above the top edge [6 of the spout, there being a RAYMOND E. SIMONS. 

